Update on food safety, assurance and integrity in Birmingham
It’s the job of local authority Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) to inspect, sample and organising the testing of food in the food premises in their area.
Read A preliminary analysis of the Government food strategy
Our first take on the Government food strategy is here.
Read Part 4: Safety, assurance & integrity — inspection, sampling & testing capacity & capability
I spoke to three aspects of food safety, assurance and integrity, the first being inspection, sampling and testing capacity and capability.
Read The perils of dodgy kebabs . . .
In our Response to the draft London Food Strategy in July 2018, we devoted a section on the threats to the safety, assurance and integrity of our food supplies — to which we owe the Association of Public Analysts...
Read City-level decision-making & the food system: What questions to ask?
The impact of Covid-19 caught Birmingham’s food system on the hop. Few if any city leaders realised either the fragility of the supply system or their powerlessness in the face of the disruptions it caused to the people of...
Read Covid-19 commentary: The shoppers’ perspective as lockdown continues
How safe is it for retail staff and their customers? A reported 75% fruit and veg price rise?
Read Covid-19 commentary: The food supply system into the second month of lockdown
Dairy farmers is serious financial trouble? Top quality truffles at a tenner a kilo? Where has all the flour gone?
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